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I have been given 4 of these plants, can anyone tell me what they are? and the requirements etc.

Many thanks Poppy33

 

Sorry, I can't help Poppy33, but I look forward to knowing the answer also as they are very attractive.

 

This is a very pretty plant. Might it be a saponaria?

 

Thanks Liz, I will go and get the RHS book out.
It is a lovely looking plant..looks a bit like a tiny Hebe. I will let you Know.Thanks for you suggestion

 

Thank you Liz and Marley, I have got the book out and Yes it does look like "Saponaria Bressingham." Well its been chucking it down here for the last 24 hours, so as soon as it stops I will get planting :D

 

Don't wish to sound a discordant note but I've seen small sub-shrubs very like this for a few years in the garden centres. They flower for much of the summer, don't survive outdoors over winter, and I don't know what they're called - but my clients seem to buy them! I am no way certain, its just that the image doesn't look like an herbaceous perennial. Also the saponarias only have 5 petals don't they?

 

Everyone was so sure I did not like to say anything, but Saponaria DO have 5 petals and two vey prominent stamen projecting beyond them and no white throat, also the calyx is more hairy, shorter and fatter than those on the plant shown.
Having said that I do not have any alternative to put forward other than perhaps Silene, but that is very tentative.
This is a Saponaria Rosentep[iche flower


[ 27. June 2006, 06:18 PM: Message edited by: Palustris ]

 

"well its back to the drawing Board" :confused:

Thanks Jazid and Palustris, that does discount the Saponaria. These 4 plants were bought back from France and given as a gift to me..Maybe Jazid's sub shrub theory could be right..better enjoy them now if they arn't going to go through the winter :(

 

Sorry, Palustris, I have to disagree on Silene. I've had this. Even though they say "dry sandy soil and will grow in the cracks and crevices between rocks or in walls" they did not like it here. "... these perennials bear soft, hairy leaves .... In summer or autumn the flat-faced tubular flowers appear - the petals are blunt-ended and often notched." The flowers have five petals. Quoted from The New Flower Expert by Hessayon, Millennium Edition.

These piccies don't fit this description at all.

As Poppy33 said .. back to the drawing board ...

[ 27. June 2006, 07:15 PM: Message edited by: Lady of Leisure ]

 

I am pretty sure its these mystery thingys from the garden centre. I'll do a quick reccy over the next couple of days and give you a name...then we can all disagree with that!

 

Hey, jazid, you're obviously in the "biz" as your clients buy these things ... if you don't know, can't you go ask one of your clients what they are then this matter will surely have a closure.

 

I thought it might be cuphea?? (but not tiny mice!)
http://images.google.com/images?q=cuphea&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

 

No way is it Cuphea as I have it growing all over the place here! In saying that, I will go take a magnifying glass out to mine tomorrow and investigate this ...